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We came home few days ago and found couple of box cutter blades on our driveway, luckily we missed driving over them, you think someone is trying to Rob my house?

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Should I report this to the police?

Thanks

Is anyone in your neighborhood having work done? How about painting? Are you located in the back of the Woodlands, where there is a lot of expansion, etc going on, or are you in the front by Grogans, etc.? If I were you, I would ask my neighbors. But then again I'm a paranoid mom!

Well that's just the thing is that if you want to encourage a neighborhood buyout, deed restrictions are just about your only hope. Otherwise, it's every man for himself, and there'll be holdouts that discourage land assemblage.

It makes me think of the woman in Dallas who refused to give up her shack for the new stadium that was going to be built. She hung in there later than anyone else, and her little $30,000 shack made her a millionaire when she finally gave in to the developers..

Good question. I've seen it done with condos, but a whole single-family neighborhood might be difficult. Are there deed restrictions? Anything in them about neighborhood buyouts? That's probably the only way that you could actually make it happen. Otherwise, the peacemeal process just gets bogged down with a few hold-outs that refuse to sell until their homes are already surrounded by a concrete jungle.

For a TMC land play, if everything lined up easily, there'd be no shortage of firms willing and able to buy the land. The neighborhood just needs to hire a broker and make it all happen.

You are right. And I'm assuming the neighborhoods around the Medical Clinic are deed restricted. But even within the restrictions, they probably have a clause about being able to make amendments. We live in Knollwood and I know somewhere we have acceptions though I've never actually seen the written restrictions.

Speaking of expansion.. The Medical Clinic of Houston on Sunset is going through an expansion. There has been talk in the neighborhood surrounding it about the effect this will have on them. Some are fearing that Medical Clinic can claim eminent domain because of its relationship with the Texas Medical Center. Others are wondering about developers coming in and buying up houses because the land is so valuable. Here is my question for you. If you lived in a small neighborhood, let's say, 8 acres, and by some miracle all of you agreed that a buyout was your best option, what developers in town do you think have the greatest capital and capability to buy neighborhoods out?(I posted this question on another HAIF site but haven't received a response yet)

Just a quick note to say "thank" to all of you. About a half dozen of you have really taken it upon yourselves to make sure the wiki is updated and current. It's great to see a project like this work out through the help of all the great HAIFers out there.

Wow, this is great you guys. There is so much happening so quickly in Houston. You guys know so much about the latest development. Here's a question one of you I hope can answer(anyone feel free to join in..) There has been talk about the expansion of the Sunset Medical Group office building on Sunset. Some people in the neighborhood are concerned about eminent domain..others are wondering about potential buyouts from developers because of the neighborhood's proximity to the Medical Center. If you lived in a small neighborhood ready to throw in the towel(toss out deed restrictions for the right price)and you were looking for prospective developers to buy the neighborhood out..let's say around 8 acres, which developers would you believe have the greatest monetary capability, and the best reputation, to offer a buyout to a neighborhood in Houston?